Rate of glycolysis during ischemia determines extent of ischemic injury and functional recovery after reperfusion

JL Vanoverschelde, MF Janier… - American Journal …, 1994 - journals.physiology.org
JL Vanoverschelde, MF Janier, JE Bakke, DR Marshall, SR Bergmann
American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 1994journals.physiology.org
The efficacy of increasing glycolysis during ischemia for enhancing the salutary effects of
reperfusion was evaluated in isolated perfused rabbit hearts subjected to low-flow ischemia
followed by reperfusion. Control hearts were perfused with buffer containing 0.4 mM
palmitate, 5 mM glucose, and 70 mU/l insulin. Additional groups of hearts were perfused
with double glucose/insulin and 1 mM dichloroacetate or were subjected to substrate
priming to increase preischemic glycogen content. Ischemic contracture was completely …
The efficacy of increasing glycolysis during ischemia for enhancing the salutary effects of reperfusion was evaluated in isolated perfused rabbit hearts subjected to low-flow ischemia followed by reperfusion. Control hearts were perfused with buffer containing 0.4 mM palmitate, 5 mM glucose, and 70 mU/l insulin. Additional groups of hearts were perfused with double glucose/insulin and 1 mM dichloroacetate or were subjected to substrate priming to increase preischemic glycogen content. Ischemic contracture was completely prevented in hearts perfused with high glucose/insulin and was delayed markedly by either dichloroacetate or enhanced preischemic glycogen [45 +/- 14 and 31 +/- 20 min, respectively; P < 0.01 each vs. control (11 +/- 10 min)] and inversely related to the rate of lactate production. With reperfusion, recovery of developed pressure was 56 +/- 23% of baseline in control hearts, 90 +/- 8% in hearts receiving high glucose/insulin, 92 +/- 5% in hearts receiving dichloroacetate, and 79 +/- 19% in hearts with increased glycogen (P < 0.05 each vs. control hearts). Creatine kinase release was reduced by > 55% in treated hearts. Thus enhancement of glycolysis by diverse mechanisms during ischemia decreased ischemic damage and improved the recovery of contractile function with reperfusion.
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